Nuclear holiday in 1950s Sin City

People usually think about the gruesome and tremendous destruction that a nuclear weapon would bring, however, the nuclear bomb was a tourist draw in 1950s Las Vegas. The U.S. Department of Energy carried out more than a thousand nuclear tests at the Nevada Desert, 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, for 4 decades. A series of photos shows us these people’s holiday in Sin City against spectacular fireball and mushroom cloud. Image source: Las Vegas News Bureau  & Las Vegas Sun

Model Posing In Front Of A Nuclear Cloud

Nuclear Tests Were A Rather Ordinary Part Of Life In Las Vegas

Miss Atomic Bomb Of Sin City

Bombs Over Fremont

Fashion Of The Atomic Age

Reporters witness the nuclear test on Frenchman Flat, June 24, 1957

Just A Few Moments To Get That Perfect Shot

A Bright Flash From The Nuclear Blast…

…And A Pillar Of Smoke That Follows

Nevada Test Site Employed Nearly 100,000 Men And Women

Nuclear Tests Would Draw In Hundreds Of Spectators…

…And Leave Something For Those Who Missed It

Birds-Eye View Of Dozens Of Craters Dotting The Yucca Flats